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Iran: Kurdish trade unionist still in jail
after completing sentence
28.3.2008
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March 28, 2008
Sanandaj-Sina, Iranian Kurdistan, -- Iranian
trade unionist Mahmoud Salehi is still in jail
despite completing his sentence at Sanandaj prison
in Iranian Kurdistan 'northwestern Iran'.
Salehi, founded a bakers' union in Iranian Kurdistan
and at the time of his arrest in 2004, was trying to
set up Iran's first national bakers' union.
He began serving a one-year prison sentence on 9
April, 2007, after being convicted of "conspiring to
commit crimes against national security". |
Mahmoud Salehi |
On 6 March international trade unions called a
global day of action to express solidarity for
Salehi who had begun a hunger strike at the prison
where he is being held.
The international day of action was also in support
of Mansour Osanloo,www.ekurd.net
another trade unionist
jailed by the Tehran regime.
A committee for the liberation of the trade unionist
has organised a protest for next Saturday in front
of the jail where Salehi is detained.
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